{"product_id":"a-piece-of-the-world-a-novel","title":"A Piece of the World: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Christina Baker Kline\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the smash bestseller \u003cem\u003eOrphan Train\u003c\/em\u003e, a stunning and atmospheric novel is an unforgettable story of an artist and muse, friendship, passion, and art, inspired by Andrew Wyeth’s mysterious and iconic painting \u003cem\u003eChristina’s World\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Later he told me that he’d been afraid to show me the painting. He thought I wouldn’t like the way he portrayed me: dragging myself across the field, fingers clutching dirt, my legs twisted behind. The arid moonscape of wheatgrass and timothy. That dilapidated house in the distance, looming up like a secret that won’t stay hidden.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo Christina Olson, the entire world is her family farm in the small coastal town of Cushing, Maine. The only daughter in a family of sons, Christina is tied to her home by health and circumstance, and seems destined for a small life. Instead, she becomes Andrew Wyeth’s first great inspiration, and the subject of one of the best-known paintings of the twentieth century, \u003cem\u003eChristina’s World\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs she did in her beloved bestseller \u003cem\u003eOrphan Train\u003c\/em\u003e, Christina Baker Kline interweaves fact and fiction to vividly reimagine a real moment in history. A Piece of the World is a powerful work of historical fiction about the flesh-and-blood woman behind the portrait, her complicated relationship to her family and inheritance, and how an unlikely friendship between artist and muse can come together to forge a new and timeless legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis paperback edition includes a color reproduction of Andrew Wyeth’s painting \u003cem\u003eChristina’s World\u003c\/em\u003e, along with a Q\u0026amp;A with the author, and a bonus short story, “Stranded in Ice.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e352 pages\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49121904525537,"sku":"51187","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2524\/0922\/files\/91npsL1FjML._SL1500.jpg?v=1789410696","url":"https:\/\/shop.clevelandart.org\/products\/a-piece-of-the-world-a-novel","provider":"Cleveland Museum of Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}